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Mon 15min tethered swim
No wetsuit required, its so warm with this heatwave. It's a lot of extra effort to keep the legs buoyant without the suit, and 15 mins felt like a lot of work. The response you get back from altering the catch is fantastic, this tether works a treat.
I'm feeling very smug today with my the timing of my pool purchase
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Slogger Jogger wrote: »Might tether you later for our run to slow you down.Kurt Godel wrote: »No fear! Nice and easy pace, see you in an hour:)
And who said romance was dead??:D 0 -
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Speaking of that uber cool pool you have....do you chlorinate it?? I'm assuming you drop tablets into the water?? Do you get debris in it? Vacuum it? Skim the top? Backwash....clean the skimmers.....add water...check the water balance?? Do you have a lifeguard stand?? A whistle....a shepherd's crook?? Do you make the kids pick up trash when they misbehave? Whoa. Wait a sec. I've gone too far.
Do you chlorinate your pool? 0 -
Do you make the kids pick up trash when they misbehave? Whoa. Wait a sec.
You reached for the whistle didn't you ? - then one you still feel around your neck that has long been handed back to the pool ?
Kurt's kids are too busy hugging and protecting trees to have such time for swimming in the family pool training facility.0 -
Speaking of that uber cool pool you have....do you chlorinate it?? I'm assuming you drop tablets into the water?? Do you get debris in it? Vacuum it? Skim the top? Backwash....clean the skimmers.....add water...check the water balance?? Do you have a lifeguard stand?? A whistle....a shepherd's crook?? Do you make the kids pick up trash when they misbehave? Whoa. Wait a sec. I've gone too far. Do you chlorinate your pool?
There's a filter that gets water pumped through it for 3 hours a day, and a skim net to take any grass/flies/leaves. But I guess your post is more about the chlorine for bacteria etc... The store we bought it in had half price salt-water chlorinators, which is on for 2 hours a day. I've dumped 45kg of salt into the water, and the chlorinator breaks up the Na and Cl, which is meant to do the same job as chlorine tablets. Seems to working well so far, the water is crystal clear.
As for lifeguard stand, I'm sat in my office right now (avoiding work and watching the TdeF), the kids are in sight out the door. I'm getting in again later today, once they are finished. (Getting smugger by the hour here;))0 -
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interested wrote: »You reached for the whistle didn't you ? - then one you still feel around your neck that has long been handed back to the pool ?
Kurt's kids are too busy hugging and protecting trees to have such time for swimming in the family pool training facility.
The trees are proudly standing, so kids are in the pool practicing breast stroke. I'll feck a water bottle at them from here for no reason, that's what coaches do, right? Or test them: "You've done 3*off 1:55, where should the clock hand be?"0 -
interested wrote: »You reached for the whistle didn't you ? - then one you still feel around your neck that has long been handed back to the pool ?
I STILL have my whistle, thankyouverymuch!Kurt Godel wrote: »There's a filter that gets water pumped through it for 3 hours a day, and a skim net to take any grass/flies/leaves. But I guess your post is more about the chlorine for bacteria etc... The store we bought it in had half price salt-water chlorinators, which is on for 2 hours a day. I've dumped 45kg of salt into the water, and the chlorinator breaks up the Na and Cl, which is meant to do the same job as chlorine tablets. Seems to working well so far, the water is crystal clear.
As for lifeguard stand, I'm sat in my office right now (avoiding work and watching the TdeF), the kids are in sight out the door. I'm getting in again later today, once they are finished. (Getting smugger by the hour here;))
I use the same type of chlorinating system - small world. Your pool is quite fancy...fancier than I realized. Good on you! (but a lifeguard stand would be awesome!
)Kurt Godel wrote: »The trees are proudly standing, so kids are in the pool practicing breast stroke. I'll feck a water bottle at them from here for no reason, that's what coaches do, right? Or test them: "You've done 3*off 1:55, where should the clock hand be?"
I bet you didn't realize he chucked a bottle at me when I was swimming with him in the Irish Sea in between the orders he was barking at me. That's what endeared him to me. 0 -
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shotgunmcos wrote: »Mine might be, reluctantly. I used to do 34-35 kmh on my roadie for 40km. TT bike plus winter on turbo yielded 38-39kmh for similar effort.
That'd be the equivalent of attending a firesale Allsop auction, feeding on misery. No, I'll hopefully buy off some white collar triathlete who has "completed" his first Sprint in 2013- Whoooo-Hoooo! HIGHFIVE DUDE!!!- and his bike is now taking up space that could be occupied by "Hike Kilamanjaro 2014" gear. You get back on your bike
Little today, a 10k bike to test a new higher, angularlyer, forwarder, saddle position. If work allows tomorrow, I'll dart down to Lanesboro and test it out in the Two Provinces Sprint. I'll also try my new wetsuit, see how that operates. It's all work-dependent, I might be stuck in Dublin all morning, we'll see what transpires
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Two Provinces NS Sprint, Lanesboro 1:11:04
Got up early, got to Dublin, got my work done, got down to Lanesboro:) This was a really well-organised race, on a really hot day. Water temperature was as hot as I've ever swam OW- probably anywhere. It was like being in a bath. A couple of degrees warmer and we'd have had to forego the wetsuits!
Swim 12:25
I was in the second wave (not really sure how they were allocated?), so got to see the first wave start on 5...4...3...and everyone was off;) I'd been a little concerned about lack of objects to sight off (the lake was surrounded by similar low lever trees) but in the event sighting was easy. Our race went off, I spent the whole race jumping on feet. Managed to get on some good lads, managed to check sighting without issue, managed to swim within myself and finish comfortable. I've learned before there's no point exiting the water gasping for air, any time you make on this faster swim will be quickly lost on the bike/run. Anyway, I'm happy with the swim in the context of the overall race.
T1 00:01:24
Next time I'll wear the race belt under the wetsuit to save a few seconds, otherwise no mishaps. It was a long exit to mount line which I think explains the time.
Bike 34:28
Got on the bike, a lad in a superbike immediately crashed into me, falling while trying to get his feet in. No real damage, and I got away after that. I've but a new saddle position to help aero position and I'd have to say with that split for 20k, it seems to have worked. Happy with the bike, I pushed throughout, had a real ding-dong with a lad from Longford Tri, we passsed each other loads of times. He just got past me on the line;) I had a nice rolling dismount. Pleased with the bike.
There was a fair bit of drafting going one though. I saw the leader on his return with a good lead, but 2,3,4 were well packed in together for some distance. Perhaps they weren't drafting, but their positioning was very different to how it should be while passing each other.
T2 00:00:48
No issues, I used my Vivo barefoots, got into them quick enough.
Run 21:59
I felt like I wasn't running for the first 2k, it was hard to turn the legs over. I picked it up a bit from the turnaround, and managed to hold a better cadence. Coming into the last turn I was battling a couple of lads and a lady, we were all gearing for a sprint finish. Some old guy however, chose this moment to cross the taped road, doing that stupid jog "Don't mind me" idiots use when jaywalking. Shoulders are hunched up, arms flailing like a monkey, and an exaggerated tip-toe gait. I couldn't miss him, smack! I fend flying into him, he started falling, I had to grap him to stop his fall, all the while trying to stop my momentum! He seemed ok, a bit shaken, but his shoulder will hurt tomorrow! I continued on, the few had got away from me at this stage, but one lad started sprinting past, so I opened my legs like Juanterena and showed my class, held him off at the finish;)
Overall I'm happy enough, I got (just!) the sub 22min run I wanted, the bike is better than expected (I'd have been happy with sub 36mins), and the swim I'm happy about. This is a really well organised event, and well-supported by the locals (god bless those who hosed us down on the run!), so well done to them. There was also a kids Tri ran just before the main Tri, which is a very positive thing to do, next year I'll bring my kids to this. 0 -
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Didn't see you in Lanesboro today Kurt. Hope you went well and enjoyed my lovely wee county
dont tell him most of the course is in Roscommon
Ah, crap, sorry I missed you (I took off straight after). Great event, well organised. 7 years ago I almost bought a house 5 miles from Lanesboro before deciding on Wicklow instead, sure you could have come round for coffee;)0
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